PRIVACY POLICY
Dhanush Khabar takes the private nature of your personal information very seriously. Hence, this Privacy Policy outlines Neb Khabar’s practices and procedures concerning the collection, storage, and use of cookies; collection, storage, and use of personally identifying information (PII) and aims at informing users on how we manage the information we collect and receive.
DEFINITIONS:
- Affiliates: An “affiliate” is any company that is controlled by or under common control with Dhanush Khabar.
- Cookie: A “cookie” is a small unit of information that we use to assign each visitor’s computer a unique, random numerical identification code that resides in a designated file on their computer.
- Device identifiers: Device identifiers are strings of letters and numbers that can be used to identify individual devices. They are unique to each other.
- Internet protocol (IP) address: An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to a user’s computer whenever they access the internet, which web servers use to identify where to send the information the user’s computer requests.
- Personally identifying information (PII): Personally identifying information, or simply personal information, is information that identifies a specific person. Most common examples include name, address, telephone number, email address, bank card number, and government-issued identification numbers.
- Non-personally identifying information: Non-personally identifying information is every kind of information except for personally identifying information.
SCOPE:
2.1 The website Dhanush Khabar is an online news portal solely owned, maintained, and operated by Dhanush Khabar Pvt. Ltd. Dhanush Khabar has received all the necessary permissions and registrations from relevant government agencies of Nepal.
2.2 This policy applies to www.dhanushkhabar.com and the services that link to or refer to the news site. This policy also applies to any other affiliate websites, mobile devices, mobile apps, digital services, applications, or other online services and anything else that links to or refers to this policy.
2.3 This policy also applies to any additional information about the privacy practices of other Dhanush Khabar services. This policy is limited to what information it might collect about a user, how it might use that information, when we might use those details to contact users, what information of users we might share with others, and the user’s choices about the personal information they give us.
2.4 This policy does not apply to any third-party sites, apps, or devices. The users are personally responsible for the use of such services or links.
2.5 All the services provided on this site and affiliates are referred to as “services” at appropriate places. As used herein, “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Dhanush Khabar and its affiliates. Any individual accessing or using the services is referred to as the user, users, or sometimes ‘You’.
DEEMED ACCEPTANCE:
3.1 By accessing the website, it is deemed that the users have agreed to all the provisions of this privacy policy. Their consent is given freely to create legal effect and not as a default action. Through this free consent, the users agree that their use of the services is subject to this privacy policy and other terms published on www.dhanushkhabar.com.
3.2 This privacy policy may be modified at any time and from time to time; the date of the most recent revision will appear on this page. The users need to check this back periodically. Continued access to the services by users following modification in this privacy policy will constitute their acceptance of this privacy policy as modified.
3.3 Please read this privacy policy carefully and review our terms of services that govern the use of the services by the users. If the users do not agree to be bound by all of the terms set forth below, do not use any services.
3.4 Using this website or the service described in this policy is deemed as the users’ consent to the data collection, use, disclosure, and storage practices described in this privacy policy.
INFORMATION TO COLLECT:
4.1 Neb Khabar may collect the user’s personally-identifying information to enhance its services to them. Below are the details of information Dhanush Khabar may collect.
4.1.1 Personally-identifying information (PII): Dhanush Khabar may ask the users to provide it with certain personally identifying information for the purpose specified in this privacy policy, affiliated terms of use, and other policies published. It does not automatically collect any PII and the users are free not to provide the PII while using the principal service. However, the users might be denied the use of certain services in this case.
In particular, Dhanush Khabar is highly sensitive and aware of the personal information of children. It does not collect or solicit PII from or about children under the age of 18, knowingly. The users are responsible to certify that they are at least 18 years of age. If Dhanush Khabar discovers that it has received any information from or about a child under 18 in violation of this statement, it will delete that information as per the law.
4.1.2 Non-personally identifying information (NPII): Dhanush Khabar may collect certain NPII through its website or services as follows:
- Cookies: It may collect cookies and use the information to recognise the users’ browsers when they visit the services next time. Dhanush Khabar may link the cookie to PII the users submit or other information Dhanush Khabar collects.
- Ads appearing on any Dhanush Khabar websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognise the user’s computer each time they send them an online advertisement to compile information about the users or others who use their computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to them. This privacy policy covers the use of cookies by Dhanush Khabar and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.
- Third-party cookies: A third-party cookie is created by a website with a domain name other than the one the user is currently visiting.
- Log files: Dhanush Khabar may use programs that collect information about log files, including browser types, internet service providers (ISPs), referring/exit pages, platform types, date/time stamps, number of clicks, and internet protocol (IP) addresses.
- Automatically collected information: Dhanush Khabar may use automated means to collect various types of information about the users or their devices used to access Dhanush Khabar services such as network or IP address and type of browser, the type of operating system, the name of ISP and domains used by such providers, mobile network, device identifiers, device settings, browser settings, the web pages of the services visited, services visited before and after the users visit a Dhanush Khabar service, the type of handheld or mobile device used to view the service, location information, and the content and advertisements the users have accessed, seen, forwarded and/or clicked on.
- GPS information: Dhanush Khabar may ask the users, if they are accessing the service from a mobile device or through a mobile application, to share their precise GPS information so that it can customise the user experience on the services of themselves and other partners such as a third-party mobile ad platform.
- Information collected by and from social media services and other third-party platforms: Dhanush Khabar enhances its services through various social media accounts or similar third-party platforms or other third-party social media plug-ins, integrations, and applications. When the users get engaged with Dhanush Khabar content on or through social media services or other third-party platforms, plug-ins, integrations, or applications, they may allow Dhanush Khabar to have access to certain Information in your profile. This may include their name, email address, photo, gender, birthday, location, an ID associated with the applicable third-party platform or social media account user files, like photos and videos, their list of friends or connections, people they follow and/or who follow they, or their posts or “likes.”
INFORMATION USE:
5.1 Administrative purposes: Dhanush Khabar may use PII the users submit to contact them for internal administrative purposes such as site administration, troubleshooting, or processing of e-commerce transactions, or relating to the users’ use of the services or content they post on the services, or in our discretion to notify them of major changes to the services or this privacy policy.
5.2 Service providers and third parties: The user PII, collected through the service, may be shared with third parties as disclosed in this privacy policy or at the time they provide the information. Third parties that provide support for the operation of the services or features thereof may also have access to such information. Dhanush Khabar may also share the PII it has about its users with third parties so that the third parties can send the users information and special offers unless they choose to opt out from such sharing by clicking on the “unsubscribe” link included in such emails. Dhanush Khabar may also share the user PII with third parties to accomplish the purposes for which it was submitted.
5.3 Customising content, advertising, and offers: Dhanush Khabar may use information collected from cookies and other technology to recognise the users’ browser when they visit the service and attempt to personalise the service for each user, to sequence ads and offers in a series, and to track page usage and paths. It may also use collected information to allow editorial content and/or advertising on the services to be targeted to groups of users for whom it is most pertinent. This means that users see editorial content and/or advertising most likely to interest them. In connection with these uses, Dhanush Khabar may disclose information to third parties.
5.4 Third-party advertisements and links to third-party sites: Dhanush Khabar may display third-party advertisements on the services. In doing so, it does not transmit any PII to the third-party advertiser when a user views or interacts with a targeted advertisement. However, the third-party advertiser may seek to access certain information which can be considered non-personally identifiable information. Dhanush Khabar may also provide links to third-party websites and, in doing so, it shall have no responsibility for the privacy practices of such third-party sites.
5.5 Law enforcement or legal requests: Dhanush Khabar may disclose the PII of its users when it believes in good faith that it is required to do so in response to a subpoena, court order, or another legal request, or to exercise its legal rights or defend against legal claims. It may also disclose the PII of its users when it believes it is appropriate to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal or suspected illegal activities, to protect and defend the rights, property, or safety of Dhanush Khabar, the services, its users, its employees, or others.
INFORMATION SECURITY AND RETENTION:
6.1 Security: Dhanush Khabar has implemented industry-standard security safeguards designed to protect the PII that the users may provide. It also periodically monitors its system for possible vulnerabilities and attacks. However, given the nature of communications and information technology, and that the use of the internet has inherent risks, it cannot warrant that information provided by users through the services or stored in its systems or otherwise will be absolutely safe from intrusion by others. Users are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of their unique password and account information at all times. If Dhanush Khabar learns of a security breach, then it may attempt to notify users electronically so that they can take appropriate protective steps. By using the services or providing PII to Dhanush Khabar, users agree that Dhanush Khabar can communicate with them electronically regarding security, privacy, and administrative issues relating to their use of the services. If a security systems breach occurs, Neb Khabar may post a notice on the homepage, and its users may receive an email at the email address provided.
6.2 Retention: Dhanush Khabar retains the information it receives as described in this privacy policy for as long as users use its services or as necessary to fulfil the purpose(s) for which it was collected, to provide its services, resolve disputes, establish legal defences, conduct audits, pursue legitimate business purposes, enforce its agreements, and comply with applicable laws.
CONTACT US:
If users have any questions or comments about this privacy policy, they can contact us at dhanushkhabar@gmail.com.
